Technology,
Labor/Employment
Mar. 4, 2021
Complaint that Uber fired drivers based on ratings is dismissed
U.S District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco said while it was easy to imagine "a plaintiff successfully stating a disparate impact claim for a policy of terminating drivers solely on the basis of customer ratings without accounting for likely racial bias," the complaint before him was too "sparse and poorly drafted."
A federal judge dismissed on Wednesday a complaint by a proposed class of Uber drivers, who alleged the company racially discriminated against them by basing firing decisions on customer ratings.
U.S District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco said while it was easy to imagine "a plaintiff successfully stating a disparate impact claim for a policy of terminating dr...
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